Hi there,
Isnt it just so scarey?
My "gaurenteed male" laid 23 eggs with me and I was losing my mind with worry like you!
28 eggs sounds like a good clutch size. Id imagine she is done at least for now.
Dragons can double clutch even infertile eggs. Dex laid another little batch a week later, so I would keep an eye on her.
Foodwise you need to stock her back up right away. They do deplete a huge amount of their own resources to lay.
Lots of protien and lots of calcium.
I would even spoil her with a few waxworms to get her fat stores back up.
I would advise increasing her calcium supplimentation to once a day for a week.
I would also give her a lovely long
bath. She may well be dehydrated after all that laying.
I think she deserves a pampering ^_^
In terms of "why" i dont think we have found an answer yet.
Every dragon is different. Some females will lay infertiles like clockwork and some will never lay a single clutch in their lives.
Alot of it is about hormones.
For some dragons the sight of a male can trigger infertile laying.
For others they seem to sense the seasons and then lay in the spring.
Some girls are just.... ahem.... hornier that others!
I must say that a member here called Tatty has "sympathetic laying" dragons. So that when one lays eggs the other will nearly always lay infertiles with her, so I would keep an eye on your other female just in case.
Its unlikely, but dragons LOVE to suprise us.
All the best, and congrats! You made it through!
Holly